The Grand Theatre
The Grand Theatre is a 428 seat performing and visual arts center. This theatre will have state wide impact. It will bring educational opportunities to Kentucky's children.
Built in 1911 as a 135-seat vaudeville house, the Grand added motion-picture entertainment first with silent movies and then "talkies." In 1941, under the ownership of Chakeres Theatres, the Grand was converted to a then-modern 680-seat movie theatre. It boasted the first air conditioning system, which used ice to cool water and produce a cold mist carried through pipes.
The Grand Theatre was closed in 1966, and since then, the building has served a variety of commercial purposes.
ReOpening in fall 2009, the Grand Theatre is be a $5-million 428-seat performing and visual arts theatre that's state of the art in every way, including wiring for closed circuit TV.
At last, Frankfort residents and their children will have cultural opportunities right in their own downtown. Schools and daycares will have a local destination for cultural field trips. And the Grand almost certainly will be a center for social engagement as well as a venue for civic participation and education.
The Grand is one of the venues for the Alltech Fortnight Festival, which is two weeks of entertainment events sponsored by Alltech in conjunction with the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
The Grand Theatre is interested in rental of its facility; however, our primary mission is to program the facility (using volunteer labor for all events) and book the theater in a manner consistent with our mission.
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